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22 ff. Unbound. Written in a clear hand with some water damage.

Bound in brown leather. Part of the Wigglesworth family papers, making up 25 items. Papers from three generations of the Massachusetts Wigglesworth family: Rev. Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705), Edward Wigglesworth (1693-1765) and Edward Wigglesworth (1732-1794). The latter two were professors of divinity at Harvard College. The papers include correspondence, deeds, estate papers, poetry and records of estate settlements.

Several sets of unbound sheets, includes an envelope with provenance descriptions.

1 volume of 225 unnumbered pages. 15 cm tall. Unbound volume written in one rough hand.

Manuscript is ruled on three sides with narrow margins (1/4 inch, approximately), pp. 1-61. Up to p. 38 these details apply, although even here the handwriting gets larger and messier. Beginning on p. 39 there are no margins and the sermon is on rectos only until the last verso (p. 61).

Approximately 150 folios in two hands. John Watson has signed his name at the back.

70 pages bound in a modern binding with fragile pages and some damaged.

1 Volume, 19 x 13 cm. Bound leather volume.

Each page is ruled with half-inch margins on four sides. Each line is also ruled in pencil.

Beautifully Bound